Tuesday, August 28, 2012

My Studios Heat up in August!

Things have been getting hot here in August. I happen to work in two lovely studios. One is in my cool basement, a place for working with clay and paint, making rubber molds, and other quiet projects. It's also big enough to fit a couple not-so-quiet children (my two boys and their cousin) who sometimes make stuff alongside me, but mostly distract me!



My garage studio is for doing all things hot, noisy, messy, and smelly. I have been working and sweating here a lot the past few weeks, namely working on Armor Dresses, steel stands for said Armor Dresses, and re-finishing a Venetian Bombe chest.





My garage studio gets LOTS of south-facing exposure, and that makes it about 100 degrees here on most days in August (Eagle Mountain is a desert-y place). On top of that I have my kiln running a lot lately, which is also in my garage!

Here's one of my latest dresses which came out of the kiln and went up to Coda Gallery  a couple weeks ago:

Dress of Armor #26, glazed ceramic and steel, approx. 34 inches tall 
Dress of Armor #26, glazed ceramic and steel, approx. 34 inches tall 

Dress of Armor #26, glazed ceramic and steel, approx. 34 inches tall